by phillipw | Jun 26, 2024 | HE, LO, RE, RO, YO
Knots Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Every word was once a poem. ~ Emerson We try to tie a knot to give some truth To life, our lives. At times this means red grace, A bow of...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2024 | EL, PR, RE
No Need to Lament Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since fire is always chaste, we do not need To know its secret. Smoke is not its soul. Its soul is more a blue and yellow steed That rages...
by phillipw | May 10, 2024 | LI, RE
I Don’t Believe the Doctrine that Readers, not the Authors, Finish a Book Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Occasionally another reader made Red marks inside the margins by some lines Of poetry as if an...
by phillipw | May 9, 2024 | RE, SP
Wakeful Peace Under Shining in the Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The morning April dawns, the force of March Prepares to fade. A quietude so faint That it is silent, unheard, starts to arch Its...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2024 | CH, CR, RE, RO, TH
Gargoyles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The gargoyles were created to display Some truth and not to ward off evil things. Perhaps grotesques were fashioned to betray The evils of the Church, the...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2023 | AN, DI, GR, RA, RE, SE
The Ancient Gods in Perfect Geometric Shapes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The skyward gods (like levitating shapes Of gold) float flawless, utter in the air, The ether, far above their crimes and...
